#491EA6#491EA6

#491EA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.196 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#491EA6
RGB	rgb(73, 30, 166)
HSL	hsl(259, 69%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 81.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.01, 51.38, -64.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.01, 82.70, 308.41°)
OKLab	oklab(39.43% 0.0606 -0.1865)
OKLCH	oklch(39.43% 0.196 288)
XYZ	xyz(10.0928, 5.0977, 36.5211)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#491EA6 #7BA61E

analogous

#1E37A6 #491EA6 #8D1EA6

triadic

#491EA6 #A6491E #1EA649

tetradic

#491EA6 #A61E37 #7BA61E #1EA68D

square

#491EA6 #A61E37 #7BA61E #1EA68D

split-complementary

#491EA6 #A68D1E #37A61E

monochromatic

#1B0B3E #321572 #491EA6 #6029D8 #875DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#491EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#491EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #491EA6

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##491EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##491EA6	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003CA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #491ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 30, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.196 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8761c2',
    500: '#491ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #491ea6;
$custom-light: #8761c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#491ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.971,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3943,
    "c": 0.19613,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.05098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#491EA6

secondary

#A4C65A

accent

#EC3CB4

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0EAF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0513

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #491EA6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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